Sound Vocabulary List Amplifier: A device that makes an electrical signal stronger Cochlea: The spiral tube of the inner ear containing many nerve endings; Compression: Squeezing together to make smaller; Concave: Curved like the inner surface of a sphere; Contract: To shrink and become smaller; Convex: Curved like the outer surface of a sphere; Doppler effect: The effect on the pitch of a sound caused by the source and listener moving in relation to one another; Eardrum A thin membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear; Echo: Repetition of a sound by reflection of sound waves from a surface; Frequency: The number of times an action occurs in a given time; Loudspeaker: A device that converts electric signals to sound and projects it; Mach 1: The speed of sound; Music: A pleasing or harmonious sound or combination of sounds; Noise: An unpleasant sound or combination of sounds; Pitch: The lowness or highness of a sound; Refraction: The turning or bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another of different density; Sonar: An apparatus that uses reflected sound waves to detect underwater objects; Timbre: The quality of a sound; Ultrasound: Sound whose pitch is higher than that of sounds within the normal range of hearing; Vacuum: The absence of matter; Vibration: A to and fro movement; Volume: The loudness of a sound; Wave: A disturbance traveling through a substance;
Amplifier: A device that makes an electrical signal stronger
Cochlea: The spiral tube of the inner ear containing many nerve endings;
Compression: Squeezing together to make smaller;
Concave: Curved like the inner surface of a sphere;
Contract: To shrink and become smaller;
Convex: Curved like the outer surface of a sphere;
Doppler effect: The effect on the pitch of a sound caused by the source and listener moving in relation to one another;
Eardrum A thin membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear;
Echo: Repetition of a sound by reflection of sound waves from a surface;
Frequency: The number of times an action occurs in a given time;
Loudspeaker: A device that converts electric signals to sound and projects it;
Mach 1: The speed of sound;
Music: A pleasing or harmonious sound or combination of sounds;
Noise: An unpleasant sound or combination of sounds;
Pitch: The lowness or highness of a sound;
Refraction: The turning or bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another of different density;
Sonar: An apparatus that uses reflected sound waves to detect underwater objects;
Timbre: The quality of a sound;
Ultrasound: Sound whose pitch is higher than that of sounds within the normal range of hearing;
Vacuum: The absence of matter;
Vibration: A to and fro movement;
Volume: The loudness of a sound;
Wave: A disturbance traveling through a substance;
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